HC Deb 27 February 1945 vol 408 cc1236-7
68. Mr. Dobbie

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why there is discrimination against Canadian citizens entitled as beneficiaries to money from the estate of a deceased person in this country, as against an American citizen living in America under the same circumstances; and will he take steps to have this anomaly put right.

Sir J. Anderson

As part of the financial arrangements between this country and Canada, a normal limit of £100 has been agreed as the amount of a cash legacy which can be remitted to a Canadian resident from the United Kingdom. In cases of hardship the transfer of larger sums can often be arranged. As soon as both Governments concerned are satisfied that this restriction can be removed without detriment to the interests of either, it will disappear.